Help:IPA/Northern Thai

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Northern Thai language pronunciations. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-nod}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants IPA Thai alphabet Tai Tham English approximation b บ abash d ฎ,ด ado f ฝ,ฟ , food h ห,ฮ ,, head j ย,อย,หย yak k ก , scan l ล,ฬ,หล ,, leaf m ม,หม much n ณ,น,หน , not ŋ ง,หง bang ɲ ญ , canyon p ป , span pʰ ผ,พ,ภ , pan r ร,หร roughly like water (American English) s ฉ,ช,ฌ,ซ,ศ,ษ,ส ,,,,, sue t ฏ,ต ,, stable tʰ ฐ,ฑ,ฒ,ถ,ท,ธ ,,, table t͡ɕ จ , question w ว,หว way x ข,ฃ,ค,ฅ,ฆ ,,, can ʔ อ, ะ , the catch in uh-oh   Tones IPA Description aː = āː mid [aː˧] àː low [aː˨˩] or [aː˩] âː falling [aː˥˩] a᷇ː high falling [aː˥˧] áː high [aː˦˥] ǎː rising [aː˨˦]

Vowels IPA Thai Alphabet Tai Tham script English approximation Short vowels a ◌ะ, ◌ั◌ , cut e เ◌ะ, เ◌็◌ ◌, roughly like say ɛ แ◌ะ, แ◌็◌ ◌, roughly like bat i ◌ิ, ◌ิ◌ , happy o โ◌ะ, ◌◌ ◌, go without u sound (shorter) ɔ เ◌าะ, ◌็อ◌ off u ◌ุ, ◌ุ◌ , loot (shorter) ɯ ◌ึ, ◌ึ◌ good ɤ เ◌อะ roughly like hurt (shorter) Long vowels aː ◌า, ◌า◌ , bra eː เ◌, เ◌◌ ◌, play ɛː แ◌, แ◌◌ ◌ roughly like man iː ◌ี, ◌ี◌ green oː โ◌, โ◌◌ ◌,◌ go without u sound ɔː ◌อ, ◌อ◌ , dog uː ◌ู, ◌ู, moon ɯː ◌ือ, ◌ื◌ good (longer) ɤː เ◌อ, เ◌ิ◌ roughly like fur Diphthongs iaʔ, iəʔ เ◌ียะ No English equivalent ia, iə เ◌ีย, เ◌ีย◌ idea uaʔ, uəʔ ◌ัวะ No English equivalent ua, uə ◌ัว, ◌ว◌ poor (British English) ɯaʔ, ɯəʔ เ◌ือะ No English equivalent ɯa, ɯə เ◌ือ, เ◌ือ◌ No English equivalent